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Don Newcombe League
9-26-2165
Ray Gooch Left Field
Retired (1979, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .263 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .743 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 1147 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 11-09-1944
HR 138 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1963)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(122 games)
RBI 631
SB 73
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (99.0%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1963 Minors 19 49.00 3 / 5 5 / 7 8 / 8 7 / 7 10 / 10 6 / 6 6 / 6 45 / 49
1963 Majors 19 3.20 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 3
1964 Minors 20 21.00 3 / 4 1 / 2 3 / 3 5 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 1 5 / 5 19 / 21
1965 Minors 21 22.00 3 / 4 3 / 3 5 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 20 / 22
1966 Minors 22 42.00 6 / 10 4 / 7 6 / 8 2 / 3 3 / 5 4 / 4 5 / 5 30 / 42
1967 Minors 23 19.00 2 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 4 / 4 4 / 4 16 / 19
1967 Majors 23 27.35 3 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 1 3 / 7 3 / 3 17 / 27
1968 Majors 24 57.38 94 79 0 6 / 14 5 / 10 4 / 4 4 / 6 2 / 2 5 / 8 11 / 13 37 / 57
1969 Majors 25 61.67 162 146 0 3 / 7 2 / 7 8 / 11 4 / 7 4 / 7 4 / 9 5 / 13 30 / 61
1970 Majors 26 61.68 162 111 0 0 / 4 1 / 8 5 / 11 3 / 11 4 / 9 0 / 6 4 / 12 17 / 61
1971 Majors 27 50.41 127 95 35 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 5 1 / 9 4 / 9 9 / 50
1972 Majors 28 57.72 146 112 16 0 / 6 1 / 11 3 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 7 2 / 7 2 / 11 9 / 57
1973 Majors 29 68.36 162 112 0 0 / 6 0 / 12 2 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 15 0 / 8 2 / 10 6 / 68
1974 Majors 30 71.66 162 121 0 1 / 13 0 / 12 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 12 1 / 6 4 / 71
1975 Majors 31 44.29 119 87 38 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 44
1976 Majors 32 41.63 162 36 0 0 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 2 4 / 41
1977 Majors 33 49.29 162 54 0 0 / 6 2 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 4 2 / 49
1978 Majors 34 19.94 66 22 27 -2 / 2 -1 / 7 -5 / 1 -4 / 3 -4 / 2 -1 / 2 -3 / 2 -20 / 19
1979 Minors 35 6.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 6
1979 Majors 35 7.00 23 11 0 -3 / 1 -8 / 1 -5 / 1 -3 / 3 -3 / 0 -4 / 1 -1 / 0 -27 / 7
Total 1547 986 116 26 / 105 18 / 120 42 / 120 29 / 102 27 / 106 29 / 108 51 / 113 222 / 774
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Ray Gooch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1979-09-19The Chicago Black Sox have waived Ray Gooch.
1979-09-05The Chicago Black Sox have sent Victor Sanberg to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Ray Gooch for assignment.
1979-08-24The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Ray Gooch to the major league team.
1979-08-24The Chicago Black Sox have acquired Ray Gooch from the waiver wire.
1979-05-19The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have waived Ray Gooch.
1979-05-12The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have designated Ray Gooch for assignment.
1979-04-28The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have promoted Ray Gooch to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have sent Ryan Hollins to the minors.
1979-04-28The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have renamed Ray Goochy Gooch to Ray Gooch.
1979-04-28The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux have acquired Ray Goochy Gooch from the waiver wire.
1979-04-21The Cincinnati Tigers have waived Ray Goochy Gooch.
1979-03-25The Cincinnati Tigers have designated Ray Goochy Gooch for assignment.
1978-05-12Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1975-09-19Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1975-05-01Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1972-06-02Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1971-09-09Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1971-05-25Ray Goochy Gooch of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1967-06-25The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted John "Mercury" Morris to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Ray Goochy Gooch to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have designated Ted Jones for assignment. The Cincinnati Tigers have designated Chuck Alcantara for assignment.
1967-03-25The Cincinnati Tigers have renamed Ray Gooch to Ray Goochy Gooch.
1965-04-19The Cincinnati Tigers have acquired Ray Gooch from the waiver wire.
1965-04-12The Brooklyn Big Blue have waived Ray Gooch.
1963-08-29The Brooklyn Big Blue have promoted Jake Mays to the major league team. The Brooklyn Big Blue have sent Ray Gooch to the minors.
1963-08-10The Brooklyn Big Blue have promoted Ray Gooch to the major leagues.
1963-07-22A trade has been completed between the New York Pride and the Brooklyn Big Blue . The Brooklyn Big Blue receive Ray Gooch, John Hoynes, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 3 (CHA), Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (WAS) from the New York Pride in exchange for Peter Maharg, John Robertson.